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Abu Nasr Muhammad al-Farabi, known in the Latin West as Alpharabius, was an early Islamic philosopher and music theorist. He has been designated as "Father of Islamic Neoplatonism", and the "Founder of Islamic Political Philosophy".
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science · Islamic philosopher and music theorist (c. 870 – 950/951) · philosopher · physicist · music theorist · logician · astronomer · social scientist · also Farabi, Al-Farabi, Alpharabius, Abu Nasr al-Farabi, Alfarabi
Born 10 January 0872 · Died 1 January 0951 · Q160460
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s work, and one of his most notable works is Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila. Al-Farabi argued that religion rendered truth through symbols and persuasion, and, like Plato, saw it as the duty of the philosopher to provide guidance to the state. He incorporated the Platonic view to create a theoretical model of an ideal state ruled by an abstract
“s work, and one of his most notable works is Ara Ahl al-Madina al-Fadila. Al-Farabi argued that religion rendered truth through symbols and persuasion, and, like Plato, saw it as the duty of the philosopher to provide guidance to the state. He incorporated the Platonic view to create a theoretical model of an ideal state ruled by an abstract”
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Published “Severe Monkeypox in Hospitalized Patients — United States, August 10–October 10, 2022” in MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report — cited 182 times.
Tehran Times: Farabi International Award announces 37 winners
Published “Associations Among Adipose Tissue Immunology, Inflammation, Exosomes and Insulin Sensitivity in People With Obesity and Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease” in Gastroenterology — cited 155 times.
Published “Esterification of palm fatty acid distillate using sulfonated carbon-based catalyst derived from palm kernel shell and bamboo” in Energy Conversion and Management — cited 154 times.
Scroll: How the Arab thinker Al-Farabi drew on Plato to shape the Muslim world’s ideas about censorship
Reuters: Saudi Arabia’s Farabi Petrochemicals shortlists banks for $1 billion project: sources
Published “Five-parameter intervariant boundary characterization of martensite in commercially pure titanium” in Acta Materialia — cited 136 times.
Published “Physiology of Sleep” in Diabetes Spectrum — cited 175 times.
bdnews24: Farabi grilled for five days over violation of ICT law
Published “Microstructure and mechanical properties of laser welded dissimilar DP600/DP980 dual-phase steel joints” in Journal of Alloys and Compounds — cited 180 times.
Published “Microstructure and mechanical properties of laser welded DP600 steel joints” in Materials Science and Engineering: A — cited 165 times.
Published “BRCA1: A Novel Prognostic Factor in Resected Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer” in PLoS ONE — cited 165 times.
The 1100th anniversary of al-Farabi's birth was celebrated on a large international scale in Moscow, Alma-Ata and Baghdad
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Died 0951-01-01.
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Born 0872-01-10.
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